UID:
almafu_9960889719102883
Format:
1 online resource (254 p.)
ISBN:
9780857451965
Series Statement:
Monographs in German History ; 33
Content:
Based on interviews and the voluminous materials in the archives of the SED, the Stasi and central and regional authorities, this volume focuses on several contrasting minorities (Jehovah’s Witnesses, Jews, ‘guest’ workers from Vietnam and Mozambique, football fans, punks, and skinheads) and their interaction with state and party bodies during Erich Honecker’s rule over the communist system. It explores how they were able to resist persecution and surveillance by instruments of the state, thus illustrating the limits on the power of the East German dictatorship and shedding light on the notion of authority as social practice.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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List of Tables --
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List of Abbreviations --
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Preface --
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Chapter 1 State, Society and Minority Groups in the GDR --
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Chapter 2 Between Torah and Sickle: Jews in East Germany, 1945–1990 --
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Chapter 3 Jehovah’s Witnesses: From Persecution to Survival --
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Chapter 4 Asian and African Workers in the Niches of Society --
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Chapter 5 Football Fans, Hooligans and the State --
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Chapter 6 Sub-cultures: Punks, Goths and Heavy Metallers --
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Chapter 7 Skinheads and Right-wing Extremism in an Anti-fascist State --
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Chapter 8 Conclusion: Minorities, Present and Past --
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References --
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Index
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In English.
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ethnology
DOI:
10.1515/9780857451965
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780857451965
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780857451965
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780857451965
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780857451965
